MOUNT OLIVE — A 78-year-old man died hours after falling between 20 and 30 feet from a ladder at his house mid-day Monday.

The man had been trying to cut a tree limb, a family member who found the man told officers responding to a 12:42 p.m. call, according to a report from Cpl. Eric Anthony.

Police found the man semiconscious, but partially paralyzed and suffering traumatic injuries. An helicopter took the man to Morristown Medical Center. At about 3 p.m., the man died, Anthony said.

Police have not released the man's name.

The Mount Olive Police were assisted by the Hackettstown Regional Medical Center ambulance, paramedics from St. Clare's Hospital, the Budd Lake Fire Department, and Atlantic Air-1 helicopter, according to a statement from Anthony.